How China’s Auto Giants Are Driving Global DevOps Standardization

On May 29, 2024, the Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Information Technology Standard Construction Action Plan (2024–2027)", emphasizing the internationalization of IT standards, deeper participation in ISO, IEC, ITU and other bodies, and the alignment of national and international standards.

CAICT’s Synchronized DevOps Assessment

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronized assessment based on the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps standard, enabling mutual recognition of international and domestic standards and upgrading the assessment scope, certificates, and reports.

Latest DevOps and AIOps International Standard Assessment Results

More than 20 industries and over 100 enterprises have passed the domestic DevOps assessment. In the automotive sector, FAW‑Volkswagen and Changan have reported notable achievements.

FAW‑Volkswagen: Continuous Delivery (Standard 3) Assessment

FAW‑Volkswagen was the first automotive company to participate in the continuous delivery standard assessment, evaluating the “OTD‑Order Delivery Management Platform” and the “Volkswagen Dealer Multi‑Function Ecosystem Platform”. The assessment improved key metrics such as automated build success rate (>90%), average pipeline duration (<10 minutes), automated API test success rate (>95%), interface coverage (100%), and unit‑test line coverage (>50%).

Changan Automobile: International and Domestic DevOps Certification

Changan Automobile passed both the ITU DevOps international standard assessment and the domestic DevOps Level 3 continuous delivery assessment for its “Digital Base Gaia Platform”. The platform provides a one‑stop digital software development environment, integrates common tools and services, halves the development‑to‑delivery cycle, and multiplies innovation speed.

System and Tool (Standard 8) Assessment – FAW‑Volkswagen

FAW‑Volkswagen passed five system‑and‑tool items:

Release Management Module – a self‑developed research efficiency platform supporting end‑to‑end processes from requirement to release.

Automated Operation Platform – core ITSM, CMDB, monitoring, and automation capabilities for integrated operations.

Deployment Management Module – full‑process linkage of requirement, development, testing, build, and release, with automated metric collection and visual dashboards.

Configuration Management and Basic Monitoring Modules – refined data control for operations teams.

System and Tool Assessment – Changan Automobile

Changan achieved an excellent‑level assessment for its system‑and‑tool platform, covering:

Build and Continuous Integration – one‑stop digital development management with automated pipelines, reducing errors and accelerating delivery.

Pipeline, Artifact, and Release Management – innovative design and robust architecture that enhance user experience and technical reliability.

The assessment fostered cross‑team collaboration, broke down silos, and boosted overall skill levels and morale.

ITU DevOps International Standard Background

The ITU DevOps international standard project was launched at the ITU‑T meeting in Geneva (July 2018), with participation from over 90 representatives of 20+ countries.

Domestic DevOps Standard – Research and Development Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model

This series of standards, led by CAICT together with the Cloud Computing Open Alliance, high‑efficiency operations community, BATJ and major telecom, finance and internet enterprises, has been issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and adopted by many leading companies. The standard (ITU‑T Y.3525) was formally concluded by ITU‑T in July 2020 and covers areas such as agile development management, continuous delivery, technical operation, system and tool, business value management, and performance measurement.